Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “CornFernSand78” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 2.🔐 Is “Chai@Moon@2017” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 3.🔐 Is “lamp.rain.nest.77” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Is “tent-river-cloud-14” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 5.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) BrickKiteRain58 (b) admin54
- 6.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) riverchaiplum28 (b) LakeGoldPearl31
- 7.🔐 “leafseedriverdust” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 8.🔐 “Meera-Seed-28” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 9.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Meera2010” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 10.🔐 By our rule, a strong password has at least how many characters? (a) 12 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
- 11.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Arjun-Plum-65” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 12.🔐 Is “toastdustcloudbrick” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 13.🔐 “Vine!33” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 14.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it is too long (b) it is hard to type (c) it has symbols (d) others can guess it
- 15.🗝️ Where is the best place to keep your password? (a) in a class chat (b) on your notebook cover (c) on a sticky note (d) in your head
- 16.🔐 Is “Dust!28” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “mangohilldrum39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya!Tiger!64”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 19.🔐 Is “Ananya2018” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 20.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Corn!Mango!Tiger56 (b) moonplumriverpearl
- 21.🔐 Is “vine_river_frog_30” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 22.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “neem_corn_chai_15” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 23.🔐 Is “letmein39” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 24.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Wolf-Rain-Mango24 (b) shelllampshiplotus
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “Kabir_Fern_18”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 “lakesandmoon80” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) shorter than 12 (c) has a common word (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Kite@River@2011”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔐 Is “Diya@Shell@68” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 29.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “shelltigerpearl89” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 30.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Cloud.32 (b) Drum@Plum@Kite74
- 31.🔐 “sandleafpond50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) has a name or year (d) shorter than 12
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Corn!Ship!2014” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔁 Using one password for every account is… (a) required (b) risky (c) safe (d) smart
- 34.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Mango@57 (b) Toast_Gold_Lamp81
- 35.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Boat.28 (b) LakeSandRiver64
- 36.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “admin55” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 37.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Iloveyou_Vine64 (b) ShellSeedNeem30
- 38.🔢 How many characters are in “Ananya2015”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 39.🔐 Is “Tiger-Plum-Shell33” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔐 “rainvinelampbell” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) has a name or year (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
Answer key
- 3
- weak
- strong
- strong
- BrickKiteRain58
- LakeGoldPearl31
- fewer than 3 kinds
- has a name or year
- 3
- 12
- 4
- weak
- shorter than 12
- others can guess it
- in your head
- weak
- 15
- 13
- weak
- Corn!Mango!Tiger56
- strong
- 3
- weak
- Wolf-Rain-Mango24
- 13
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 15
- weak
- 2
- Drum@Plum@Kite74
- fewer than 3 kinds
- 4
- risky
- Toast_Gold_Lamp81
- LakeSandRiver64
- 2
- ShellSeedNeem30
- 10
- strong
- fewer than 3 kinds
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